(10 ILCS 5/24C-13)
Sec. 24C-13. Vote by mail ballots; early voting ballots; proceedings at location for
central counting; employees; approval of list. (a) All jurisdictions using Direct Recording Electronic
Voting Systems shall use paper ballots or paper ballot sheets
approved for use under Articles 16, 24A or 24B of this Code when
conducting vote by mail voting. All vote by mail
ballots shall be counted at the central ballot counting location of the election
authority. The provisions of Section 24A-9, 24B-9 and 24C-9 of
this Code shall apply to the testing and notice requirements for
central count tabulation equipment, including comparing the
signature on the ballot envelope with the signature of the voter
on the permanent voter registration record card taken from the
master file. Vote results shall be recorded by precinct and shall
be added to the vote results for the precinct in which the vote by mail
voter was eligible to vote prior to completion of the
official canvass.
(b) All proceedings at the location for central counting
shall be under the direction of the county clerk or board of
election commissioners. Except for any specially trained
technicians required for the operation of the Direct Recording
Electronic Voting System, the employees at the counting station
shall be equally divided between members of the 2 leading
political parties and all duties performed by the employees
shall be by teams consisting of an equal number of members of
each political party. Thirty days before an election the county
clerk or board of election commissioners shall submit to the chair
of each political party, for his or her approval or
disapproval, a list of persons of his or her party proposed to
be employed. If a chair fails to notify the election
authority of his or her disapproval of any proposed employee
within a period of 10 days thereafter the list shall be deemed
approved.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
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